ailment
a physical disorder or illness, especially of a minor or chronic nature.
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How to use ailment in a sentence
Between 2012 and 2014, Boyd visited Methodist five times for chronic stomach ailments.
What Happens After a Debt Collection Machine Grinds to a Halt | by Wendi C. Thomas, MLK50: Justice Through Journalism | October 2, 2020 | ProPublicaThe 2018-19 Lakers sputtered to a 37-45 finish amid various ailments, including the first long-term injury of LeBron James’s career and Brandon Ingram’s bout with deep vein thrombosis.
The Lakers And Heat Missed The Playoffs. Then They Started Cooking Their Finals Rosters. | Jared Dubin | October 1, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightExposure to air pollution raises your risk for many common ailments, such as cardiovascular disease, asthma, diabetes and obesity.
This year’s SN 10 scientists aim to solve some of science’s biggest challenges | Science News Staff | September 30, 2020 | Science NewsHer team tries to treat populations from preventive and predictive lenses instead of just treating ailments in primary care clinics.
Healthcare experts want to use COVID-19 to address medical disparity due to race | Nicole Goodkind | September 24, 2020 | FortuneThese Y-shaped proteins occur naturally in the human body to fight off various ailments.
Eli Lilly is teaching an old drug technology new tricks against COVID—and has promising early results | Sy Mukherjee | September 17, 2020 | Fortune
Always believing he could conquer his ailment, Lou had hopes, however slim, that others were writing him off too soon.
The Stacks: The Day Lou Gehrig Delivered Baseball’s Gettysburg Address | Ray Robinson | July 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSilverstone will “show you the way to have a luminous, present, ailment-free pregnancy.”
From ‘Clueless’ to Clueless: Alicia Silverstone’s ‘The Kind Mama’ | Lizzie Crocker | April 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEllis was diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver in 2007, and passed away from the ailment on Dec. 19, 2008.
‘No No,’ a Documentary on MLB Pitcher Dock Ellis, Who Pitched a No-Hitter While Tripping on Acid | Marlow Stern | February 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt least with a physical or mental ailment some guilt can be assuaged.
Why I Choose to Be Child-Free: Readers Share Their Stories | Harry Siegel | February 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIf I was sick, usually from some respiratory ailment brought on by smoking, I would smoke nonetheless.
And here I was, prone and helpless, being powwowed not for one ailment, but for all the diseases known in Happy Valley.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson LloydThen I remembered Dr. Alling, who had attended me for some slight ailment, and wrote to him, with the result you know.
The Cromptons | Mary J. HolmesCydalise probably accompanied Montes to Brazil, the only place where this horrible ailment is curable.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheOn being taken into her confidence, Dommanget treated and cured her ailment by purely moral methods.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheIt was only the previous evening that Mrs. Travilla herself had learned that she was assailed by more than a trifling ailment.
Elsie's Vacation and After Events | Martha Finley
British Dictionary definitions for ailment
/ (ˈeɪlmənt) /
a slight but often persistent illness
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